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Resource embedding problem
  1. #1


    Srinidhi Guest

    Resource embedding problem

    I'm trying to embed a report (.rdlc) file in my project. But it always stays
    as linked. The 'Persistance' property is grayed & always set to 'Linked at
    compile time'.
    Upon further inspection i saw that only graphic files, icons & wave files
    were able to be embeded. How can i embed other file types? Especially my
    report files.






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  2. #2


    Jeroen Mostert Guest

    Re: Resource embedding problem

    Srinidhi wrote:

    > I'm trying to embed a report (.rdlc) file in my project. But it always stays
    > as linked. The 'Persistance' property is grayed & always set to 'Linked at
    > compile time'.
    > Upon further inspection i saw that only graphic files, icons & wave files
    > were able to be embeded. How can i embed other file types? Especially my
    > report files.
    >
    The terminology is confusing. "Linked" here doesn't mean "remains as a
    separate file" but "is linked together with the .EXE". A "linked" file is
    still embedded in your .EXE, it just isn't embedded in the .RESX file. This
    should make no functional difference.

    If you really want to stuff it in the .RESX for some reason, you can, but
    only clumsily: convert the file to a Base64-encoded string and store it as a
    string resource. This has storage overhead and also complicates using the
    resource.

    --
    J.

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  3. #3


    Srinidhi Guest

    Re: Resource embedding problem

    Hello,
    You're right. The resources are actually embeded in the exe. I checked it
    inside the exe.
    Thanks a lot for telling me. I'd have never known otherwise.
    But i wonder why i cannot specify the embeded report name and get the
    report.

    If i use this code for Eg:
    ReportViewer1.LocalReport.ReportEmbeddedResource = "EmbReport1";

    This error pops up in the report control
    "An error occured during local report processing. The report definition for
    report
    'EmbReport1' has not been specified"

    I have no problem getting the report with this instead
    ReportViewer1.LocalReport..ReportPath=***\***.rdlc

    "Jeroen Mostert" <jmostert@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:48f07880$0$185$e4fe514c@xxxxxx

    > Srinidhi wrote:

    >> I'm trying to embed a report (.rdlc) file in my project. But it always
    >> stays
    >> as linked. The 'Persistance' property is grayed & always set to 'Linked
    >> at
    >> compile time'.
    >> Upon further inspection i saw that only graphic files, icons & wave files
    >> were able to be embeded. How can i embed other file types? Especially my
    >> report files.
    >>
    > The terminology is confusing. "Linked" here doesn't mean "remains as a
    > separate file" but "is linked together with the .EXE". A "linked" file is
    > still embedded in your .EXE, it just isn't embedded in the .RESX file.
    > This should make no functional difference.
    >
    > If you really want to stuff it in the .RESX for some reason, you can, but
    > only clumsily: convert the file to a Base64-encoded string and store it as
    > a string resource. This has storage overhead and also complicates using
    > the resource.
    >
    > --
    > J.


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  4. #4


    Jeroen Mostert Guest

    Re: Resource embedding problem

    Srinidhi wrote:

    > Hello,
    > You're right. The resources are actually embeded in the exe. I checked it
    > inside the exe.
    > Thanks a lot for telling me. I'd have never known otherwise.
    > But i wonder why i cannot specify the embeded report name and get the
    > report.
    >
    > If i use this code for Eg:
    > ReportViewer1.LocalReport.ReportEmbeddedResource = "EmbReport1";
    >
    > This error pops up in the report control
    > "An error occured during local report processing. The report definition for
    > report
    > 'EmbReport1' has not been specified"
    >
    > I have no problem getting the report with this instead
    > ReportViewer1.LocalReport..ReportPath=***\***.rdlc
    >
    I don't know anything about whatever type "ReportViewer1" is, so I can't
    really help you there.

    If I had to guess, though: try specifying the actual, full name of the
    resource. This will usually be "<default namespace>.<full name of the
    file>". So it'll probably be "MyApplication.Resources.EmbReport1.rdlc" or
    something along those lines. You can get the resource names with
    Assembly.GetManifestResourceNames().

    --
    J.

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  5. #5


    Srinidhi Guest

    Re: Resource embedding problem

    'ReportViewer1' is just the report viewer control name i've used
    I've tried everything possible but i'm still not getting it. I'm at the end
    of my wits. I guess i'll give it a break and try again tomorrow
    Thanks a lot for your help

    "Jeroen Mostert" <jmostert@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:48f11ced$0$193$e4fe514c@xxxxxx

    > Srinidhi wrote:

    >> Hello,
    >> You're right. The resources are actually embeded in the exe. I checked it
    >> inside the exe.
    >> Thanks a lot for telling me. I'd have never known otherwise.
    >> But i wonder why i cannot specify the embeded report name and get the
    >> report.
    >>
    >> If i use this code for Eg:
    >> ReportViewer1.LocalReport.ReportEmbeddedResource = "EmbReport1";
    >>
    >> This error pops up in the report control
    >> "An error occured during local report processing. The report definition
    >> for report
    >> 'EmbReport1' has not been specified"
    >>
    >> I have no problem getting the report with this instead
    >> ReportViewer1.LocalReport..ReportPath=***\***.rdlc
    >>
    > I don't know anything about whatever type "ReportViewer1" is, so I can't
    > really help you there.
    >
    > If I had to guess, though: try specifying the actual, full name of the
    > resource. This will usually be "<default namespace>.<full name of the
    > file>". So it'll probably be "MyApplication.Resources.EmbReport1.rdlc" or
    > something along those lines. You can get the resource names with
    > Assembly.GetManifestResourceNames().
    >
    > --
    > J.


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  6. #6


    Srinidhi Guest

    Re: Resource embedding problem

    I Finally Got It!
    I just had to write it like this.
    reportViewer1.LocalReport.ReportEmbeddedResource = "MyApp.Report1.rdlc";
    where
    reportViewer1 > is the report viewer control's name
    MyApp > is the proj name
    Report1.rdlc > name of the resource file.
    Although i had set the name of the resource entry to 'EmbReport1', i had to
    actually give the name of the file (Report1.rdlc)
    Thanks for all the help

    "Srinidhi" <DontSend@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    > 'ReportViewer1' is just the report viewer control name i've used
    > I've tried everything possible but i'm still not getting it. I'm at the
    > end of my wits. I guess i'll give it a break and try again tomorrow
    > Thanks a lot for your help
    >
    > "Jeroen Mostert" <jmostert@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:48f11ced$0$193$e4fe514c@xxxxxx

    >> Srinidhi wrote:

    >>> Hello,
    >>> You're right. The resources are actually embeded in the exe. I checked
    >>> it inside the exe.
    >>> Thanks a lot for telling me. I'd have never known otherwise.
    >>> But i wonder why i cannot specify the embeded report name and get the
    >>> report.
    >>>
    >>> If i use this code for Eg:
    >>> ReportViewer1.LocalReport.ReportEmbeddedResource = "EmbReport1";
    >>>
    >>> This error pops up in the report control
    >>> "An error occured during local report processing. The report definition
    >>> for report
    >>> 'EmbReport1' has not been specified"
    >>>
    >>> I have no problem getting the report with this instead
    >>> ReportViewer1.LocalReport..ReportPath=***\***.rdlc
    >>>
    >> I don't know anything about whatever type "ReportViewer1" is, so I can't
    >> really help you there.
    >>
    >> If I had to guess, though: try specifying the actual, full name of the
    >> resource. This will usually be "<default namespace>.<full name of the
    >> file>". So it'll probably be "MyApplication.Resources.EmbReport1.rdlc" or
    >> something along those lines. You can get the resource names with
    >> Assembly.GetManifestResourceNames().
    >>
    >> --
    >> J.
    >
    >


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